What technology works in ECE

1. Technology
in Ece
What Works
BY: Abbey Hill

2. RESEARCH says…
 Technology is beneficial for children in
Early Childhood Education
 Use of computers enhances
social, language, and cognitive skills
 Studies highlight the opportunities for
language use and social interaction that
technology offers, along with increased
motivation for children
 Computers also make possible
experiences and representations that
cannot take place in the real
world, providing new experiences and
improved understanding
 http://www.nwrel.org/request/june01/child.html

3. •MAKE and DISPLAY a graph
POSITIVEexa • EXPLORE with DIGITAL tools
mples of
technology in • Tell a STORY
the classroom • WRITE, RECORD, and REVISIT
http://www.netc.org/earlyconnections/pub/brochure.pdf

4. MAKE and DISPLAY a graph
 Use graphing programs
 Ex: Excel or Powerpoint or the National
Library of Virtual Manipulatives
 Students collect meaningful information and
data
 Teacher builds physical graph first and then
uses technology to create digital graph for
students to view
 Visual representation of data helps them to
understand information in a new way
 http://www.netc.org/earlyconnections/pub/brochure.pdf

5. what color are YOU wearing today?
RED? GREEN? YELLOW? BLUE?
Site: http://nlvm.usu.edu/en/nav/category_g_1_t_1.html

6. EXPLORE with DIGITAL tools
 Teacher can use photos and magnified
images from digital microscope or camera to
teach and for visual engagement
 Have students photograph things during a
walk through the community
 Digital tools encourages involvement
 Enhances understanding, and is effective
with a wide range of learning styles
 http://www.netc.org/earlyconnections/pub/brochure.pdf

7. digital CAMERAS
 http://thefuntimesguide.com/images/blogs/little-girl-photographer.jpg

8. tell a STORY
 Children can create illustrations on screen
with art software such as Paint
 Students can create a book with words and
pictures and teacher can tape record them
reading it aloud
 Reading and writing combined are more
effective when taught
 http://www.netc.org/earlyconnections/pub/brochure.pdf

9. PAINT software
 http://www.hoax-slayer.com/images/tux-paint.jpg

10. WRITE, RECORD, and REVISIT
 Use digital records such as video taping, digital
photographs, or Powerpoint presentations
 Create illustrations on screen with art software
such as Paint
 Children can share memories by adding
captions to photos in Powerpoints
 Learning progress captured in digital photos or
movies
 Teachers, students, and parents have the
ability to return to the experience by viewing
digital photos
 http://www.netc.org/earlyconnections/pub/brochure.pdf

11. our increasing MATH skills
Jeff working on addition and
subtraction * right
Mary and Jen counting *above
http://www.waylandfoundation.org/images/rexanne.jpg
http://www.evansnewton.com/images/boy%20
doing%20math.JPG

12. hooray for
TECHNOLOGY
the end